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Thrifting's Biggest Mistakes · The Cubby and Christine Morning Show

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  Speaker 1: Six thirty eight Cubby Christine Kristen Light of Them Happy Friday.
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  Speaker 1: This weekend, it's very possible we'll go thrifting. My wife
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  Speaker 1: loves to thrift. I've kind of gotten into it, to
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  Speaker 1: be honest, And we have a whole story here about thrifting.
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  Speaker 2: Well yeah, because you know, it's it's kind of picks
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  Speaker 2: up as a trend, if you will, and people are
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  Speaker 2: loving it, and I know Coco was into it before.
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  Speaker 2: It was all over the internet with influencers and my
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  Speaker 2: sister in law Barbara saying she's always loved it. She's
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  Speaker 2: getting upset because she said, everybody's doing it now, so
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  Speaker 2: all the good stuff is gone.
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  Speaker 1: It's kind of becoming a problem because everyone, like you said,
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  Speaker 1: they're being influenced and they're like, hey, maybe I could
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  Speaker 1: do that is a good idea to find something.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you can find stuff. So yes, thrifting experts, if
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  Speaker 2: you will are giving their tips. Don't make these mistakes.
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  Speaker 2: They say, it's easy to get overwhelmed in a thrift store.
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  Speaker 2: So here's a few simple rules. First of all, season
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  Speaker 2: thrifters say success often comes down to what you don't do.
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  Speaker 2: For starters, resist the urge to grab a cart right away.
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  Speaker 2: Longtime thrifters swear it's bad luck, Like if you take
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  Speaker 2: a cart, you won't find anything worth putting in it.
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  Speaker 1: I do not know why I have paper and a
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  Speaker 1: pen right now. I'm taking notes, take notes. I'm in
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  Speaker 1: a class right now. Listen to everything you're saying. Okay, next,
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  Speaker 1: no cart.
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  Speaker 2: Don't buy something just because it's cheap. If you're only
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  Speaker 2: comparing it to the clutter around it, take a step back.
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  Speaker 2: Ask yourself if you truly love it, if it fits
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  Speaker 2: in your space, and if you'll actually use it. And
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  Speaker 2: I think something to keep in mind is producer Kristen
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  Speaker 2: was sharing with us this morning that she was in
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  Speaker 2: a thrift stop and she was trying to buy the
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  Speaker 2: ring light for us.
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  Speaker 1: Oh yeah, because we're light.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah yeah, I need a little help with those, so
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  Speaker 2: or just give me a filter. But she's trying to
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  Speaker 2: buy one of those ring You know what I'm talking about?
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  Speaker 2: The ring lights right right.
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  Speaker 1: They're real bright led lights. They make your face somewhat yes,
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  Speaker 1: not in.
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  Speaker 2: The dark presentable, I hope. And it was two dollars
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  Speaker 2: and she thought, two dollars, this is too good to
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  Speaker 2: be true. And then Kristen said, there was you know,
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  Speaker 2: a shopper came by and they said, be careful with that.
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  Speaker 2: It doesn't even work. So if it's too good to
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  Speaker 2: be true, it's too good to be true with.
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  Speaker 1: A lot of electronic stuff. If I'm kind of thinking
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  Speaker 1: about buying it, I will try to plug it in
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  Speaker 1: and they do offer sometimes like you know, yeah, plug
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  Speaker 1: nearby and they'll have a sign, you know, check to
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  Speaker 1: see if it works. But uh, yeah, if you just
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  Speaker 1: grab and.
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  Speaker 2: Go, yeah, because two bucks, of course sounds like a bargain,
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  Speaker 2: but then we'd have clutter in the studio.
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  Speaker 1: Right and you'd be out two bucks. Two bucks.
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  Speaker 2: Also skip pricey mass produced art. Perfectly straight paint lines
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  Speaker 2: along the canvas edge are a giveaway, okay, and don't
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  Speaker 2: forget to take extra laps. Grape fines are easy to miss. Finally,
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  Speaker 2: bring packing materials so fragile treasures make it home safely.
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  Speaker 1: But don't put it in a cart.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you don't take the cart because that's like you
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  Speaker 2: don't want a whaemming yourself.
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  Speaker 1: Right, So you should go in there with nothing and
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  Speaker 1: hope you'll need a cart, right exactly, you'll have so
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  Speaker 1: much in your hands because you you're hitting all these fines.
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  Speaker 2: Here's the thing though, I will tell you Barbara again,
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  Speaker 2: my sister in law who loves doing this, she'll do that.
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  Speaker 2: She'll walk around, say she sees the lamp and she's like,
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  Speaker 2: I'll come back for it. And she said, every time
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  Speaker 2: somebody's got it like in their cart or in their hand,
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  Speaker 2: and she's kind of like, I saw that. So yeah,
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  Speaker 2: that is the risk you take. If you don't have
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  Speaker 2: the cart, you better you better hold on to that baby, right.
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  Speaker 1: Hey, if you're a thrifter, can you hit us up
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  Speaker 1: four four, three six three any secrets about thrifting? Where
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  Speaker 1: do you go thrifting? We want to hear from you.